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No. 739,022. PATENTED SEPT.'15, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Iatented September 15, 1903 I JOHN C. OSI-IEA, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

F OLDED RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,022, dated September 15, 1903.

Application filed MarclrB, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. OSHEA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folded Receptacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the. invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates tofolded receptacles of flexible material for various purposes, such as coin-purses, tobacco-pouches, bags, and all kinds of receptacles to which the novel closing devices can be applied.

The invention consists in certain folds and flaps formed in and upon the flexible material at the mouth of the receptacle or vessel, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a coin-purse, showing it closed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the purse, showing it partly open. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the purse, taken on the lineo: min Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail of the blank from which the purse is formed. Fig. 5 is a detail of a blank for forming the top portion of a bag. Figs. 6, '7, and 8 are front, side, and plan views of a cigar-case.

A is a thin sheet of flexible material, such as leather. p

B is a triangular portion projecting at the middle of the bottom'of the sheet A and forniing the lower half of a diamond. In a separate application, filed January 28, 1903, Serial No. 140,936, a square or rectangular purse is shown, also other articles; but according to the present invent-ion the purse is diamond-" shaped instead of being rectangular, and all the corresponding portions of the other articles shown in the aforesaid application can be made in a correspondingly-modified form.

D is a triangular flap or projection. at the top of the sheet A on one side of and close to its center portion.

E is a flap or projection having parallel sides and projecting in an inclined position toward the flap D from the end portion of the sheet A at the top thereof and on the otherside of the center of it from the flap D. The two flaps D and E are widely separated, and the distance between them should not be less Serial No. 146,352. (No model.)

than the width of the flap D where it joins onto the sheet A.

F represents flaps at the lower part of the sheet A, one on each side of the triangular portion B.

The heavy dotted lines in Fig. 4 show where the blank is folded. These dotted lines are numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. The lines 2 and 3 form two sides of a diamond at the middle part of the sheet and extend diagonallyacross it in opposite directions, meeting at the top in the middle or center of it. The diamondusual proportion, however, the lines 1 and 4 are slightly inclined upward and outward to the lower parts of the ends of the sheet. The portions of the sheet outside the lines 1 and 4 at the lower part of the sheet form the flaps F, and the remaining portions of the blank on. each side of the bottom G form the top of the purse. The blank is folded on the line 2 and then upon the line 3, so that the portions of diamonds which form the top of the purse come over one another and over the bottom G. The flaps F are folded inward, either before or after folding the blank on the lines fland 3, and they are secured to the bottom G in any approved manner, such as by means of adhesive material. It now the purseis pressed between the thumb and finger of the left hand along .the'vertical diagonal of the diamond-shaped bottom G, as shown in Fig. 2, the flap E can be pushed inside the purse, if it is not already upon the'inside of it, and under the flap D, and the flap D can then be pressed by the thumb of the right hand into the interior of the purse. The purse is now released from the thumb andfinger and is'fiattened, so that its flaps take the positions shown in Fig. 1..

The purse is opened by pressingit, as shown in Fig. 2, to disengage the flap D and permit the flap E to be raised. This purse can be made double, or it may be provided with gussets in the same manner as the square purse shown in the application Serial No. 140,936,

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and it is preferably provided with a lining h of flexible material, as therein fully described.

In Fig. 5 a blank is shown for making the top part of a bag or tobacco-pouch. This blank is folded the same as the blank shown in Fig. 4; but along narrow strip I takes the place of the triangular portion B. The portion B is not required, because it ordinarily forms a portion of the bottom of the purse, and the strip I affords a means for attaching the closing-neck to the body portion of a bag or pouch. The top portion or closing device A of the cigar-case K (shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8) is provided with folds and flaps similar to those of the purses hereinbefore referred to, and it may also have gussets 70; but these gussets are not essential and may be omitted. The body of the cigar-case K joins onto two of the corners of the top portion at the junction of the folds 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, and it is provided Withgussets m atits sides. When the top portion has gussets 7c, the gussets m form a continuation of the gussets 7r. A gusset on may also be formed at the bottom of the cigar-case, and the bottom may be rounded or fiat; but the gusset m may be omitted, if The side gussets m are desirable in as to accommodate the cigars. The top portion or closing device of the cigar-case is preferably provided with a lining, and the lining may continue in the body portion of the cigarcase, or, if preferred, it may be confined to the closing device.

What I claim is-- a 1. A closing device fora receptacle, formed of a sheet of flexible material, provided with two folds which meet at the top of its middle portion and which extend diagonally across it in opposite directions, and two folds which extend outwardly in opposite directions from the lower ends of the aforesaid folds to the lower parts of the ends of the sheet.

2. A closing device fora receptacle, formed of a sheet of flexible material, provided with two middle diagonal folds, and two outer folds extending from the separate ends of the said middle folds to the lower parts of the ends of the sheet, a closing-flap at the top of the sheet adjacent to the meeting ends of the two mid- 5o dle folds, and a second closing-flap at the upper part of one end portion of the sheet, said two flaps being widely separated.

3. A receptacle, formed of a sheet of flexible material, provided with two folds which 555 meet at the top of its middle portion and extend diagonally across it in opposite directions, a triangular projection at the middle of its lower part which forms a diamond-shaped figure together with the portion of the sheet between the aforesaid folds, and two folds which extend outwardlyin opposite directions from the lower ends of the aforesaid folds to the lower part of the ends of the sheet.

4. Adiamond-shaped receptacle, formed of 6 a sheet of flexible material, provided with two folds which meet at the top of its middle portion and extend diagonally across it in opposite directions, a triangular projection at the closing-flaps at its upper part, and two folds which extend outwardly in opposite directions from the lower ends of the aforesaid folds to the ends of the sheet and which form middle of its lower part, two widely-separated bottom flaps which are attached to the said triangular portion.

5. The combination, with a closing device formed of a sheet of flexible material and provided with two middle diagonal folds, two

outer folds extending in opposite directions from the separate ends of the said middle folds, a closing-flap at the top of the sheet adjacent to the meeting ends of the two middle folds, and a second closing-flap at the upper part of one end portion of the sheet, said two 

